Bethlehem Man Hurt In Hanover Accident Police

A 59-year-old Bethlehem man was critically injured early yesterday when his car struck a tree on Route 512, about 500 feet south of Highland Avenue in Hanover Township, Northampton County.

Herman Sacknoff of 403 E. Macada Road was flown by MedEvac helicopter to Lehigh Valley Hospital Center where he was admitted to the shock trauma unit with multiple injuries.

State police at Bethlehem reported that Sacknoff was driving south on Route 512 when his vehicle swerved to the left, crossed the highway and hit the tree head on. They said that Sacknoff was pinned in the car and had to be freed by members of the Hanover Township Fire Company.